Alessandro Strongoli is a PLC programmer and industrial automation trainer with many years of field experience. He has been writing on this blog since 2021 and publishing books on PLC programming since 2022. He also teaches classroom and on-site courses.
Experience
The blog covers everyday work: write the program, test it on the bench, bring it to the machine and keep it running in production.
Platforms
- Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 and S7-1500 PLCs with TIA Portal (Ladder, FBD, SCL)
- WinCC operator panels and supervision
- SINAMICS drives, commissioned with Startdrive
- Industrial networks and protocols: PROFINET, Modbus TCP/RTU, OPC UA
Types of commissioning
- New automatic machines: from I/O checks to the final acceptance test
- HMI panels: alarms, recipes, user management
- Drives: parameter setup, tuning and motion tests
- PROFINET networks: topology, device names, diagnostics
- Upgrades of existing plants (retrofit) and troubleshooting on running lines
How the blog works
Examples use invented plants, companies and people. No article talks about real customers or projects. Technical sources are the official manuals and standards, explained in his own words.
